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Tobytwo · 28th January 2008, 11:53 AM

I completely agree. SF is all about ideas, and he has them. I don't warm to the book, and I don't think it's brilliantly written, but if it's made to make people think then it succeeds.

For all that's bad or arguably bad about ST, I'm certainly not one of those people who simply yell "fascist!" at Heinlein. The comparison was made earlier with 1984 - even if you don't like Orwell himself and don't approve of Socialism, it's full of interesting ideas and prompts you to think. Ok, I think 1984 is a better-written book, but both succeed in using SF to make you reconsider the real world.

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Tobytwo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 89	Re: Robert Heinlein: Starship Troopers I completely agree. SF is all about ideas, and he has them. I don't warm to the book, and I don't think it's brilliantly written, but if it's made to make people think then it succeeds. For all that's bad or arguably bad about ST, I'm certainly not one of those people who simply yell "fascist!" at Heinlein. The comparison was made earlier with 1984 - even if you don't like Orwell himself and don't approve of Socialism, it's full of interesting ideas and prompts you to think. Ok, I think 1984 is a better-written book, but both succeed in using SF to make you reconsider the real world.